1234567Keywordto roarto shoutto barkto howlFrequency#2673Strokes7ReadingshǒuMnemonic口 (mouth) gives the meaning and 孔 the sound.Stroke orderComposed of口mouth孔holeUsed in vocabulary吼hǒuto roar; to howl; to shriek; roar or howl of an animal; bellow of rage怒吼nùhǒuto bellow; to rave; to snarl吼叫hǒujiàoto howl; to bellow; to yell吼声hǒushēngroar嘶吼sīhǒuto yell; to shout河东狮吼Hédōngshīhǒulit. the lioness from Hedong roars (idiom); fig. refers to a shrewish wife or a henpecked husband